Northwest History. State History. Box 110. Organized Labor.

Four members of the
C. I. O. picket line at the Sunshine mine last August testified
today that A. L. Graham, general mine foreman, stood beside the
ballot box while Sunshine workers
voted on exclusion of "outside influence" from mine relations last
July.
The four Sunshine employer
Lee Turpin, timberman; Carl
Fincher, helper; Joe Huffman,
helper, and Charles Shields, miner,
were put on the stand by the
government at the conclusion of
the first week of national labor
relations board hearing of coercion
and intimidation charges against
the Sunshine company.
Circulate Petitions.
The men all testified that petitions had been circulated through
the mine urging them to vote at
the election, which the go
ment contends was company sponsored. The anti-outside influencei
vote preceded the strike
which resulted in calling of i
workers to the picket line
gust 2.
On cross-examination the wit-
had influenced them on how to
"Blasting on shift," while
men were working underground,
constituted one of the principal
grievances against the company
prior to the strike, they said.
The four workers all said the>
had performed picket line
during the strike and admitted
calling workers who passed the
line "scabs, and yellow rats." They
denied use of vile or obscene
names. They also denied charges
that liquor had been permited on
the picket lines.

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Four members of the
C. I. O. picket line at the Sunshine mine last August testified
today that A. L. Graham, general mine foreman, stood beside the
ballot box while Sunshine workers
voted on exclusion of "outside influence" from mine relations last
July.
The four Sunshine employer
Lee Turpin, timberman; Carl
Fincher, helper; Joe Huffman,
helper, and Charles Shields, miner,
were put on the stand by the
government at the conclusion of
the first week of national labor
relations board hearing of coercion
and intimidation charges against
the Sunshine company.
Circulate Petitions.
The men all testified that petitions had been circulated through
the mine urging them to vote at
the election, which the go
ment contends was company sponsored. The anti-outside influencei
vote preceded the strike
which resulted in calling of i
workers to the picket line
gust 2.
On cross-examination the wit-
had influenced them on how to
"Blasting on shift," while
men were working underground,
constituted one of the principal
grievances against the company
prior to the strike, they said.
The four workers all said the>
had performed picket line
during the strike and admitted
calling workers who passed the
line "scabs, and yellow rats." They
denied use of vile or obscene
names. They also denied charges
that liquor had been permited on
the picket lines.